Why do some militant organizations participate in human trafficking? We investigate this question by introducing a new dataset that records insurgent organizations’ involvement in four types of human trafficking: sexual exploitation, forced recruitment, slavery, and kidnapping. Marrying our data to the BAAD2I population of insurgent organizations, we uncover the organizational attributes related to human trafficking. We find that groups with wide alliance networks and territorial control are more likely to commit human trafficking. Organizations that are losing command of the territory and suffering rank-and-file losses are also more likely to turn to human trafficking. Our study sheds theoretical light on insurgent groups’ involvement in crime. It also contributes to the empirical scholarship on sexual violence by violent groups by studying different forms of human trafficking in both conflict and non-conflict environments. Our paper presents an original dataset and empirical analysis of insurgent groups’ human trafficking patterns.

为什么一些好战组织参与人口贩运？我们通过引入一个新的数据集来调查这个问题，该数据集记录了叛乱组织参与四种类型的人口贩运：性剥削，强迫招募，奴役和绑架。将我们的数据与叛乱组织的BAAD2I群体相结合，我们发现了与人口贩运有关的组织属性。我们发现，拥有广泛联盟网络和领土控制权的团体更有可能进行人口贩运。失去对该地区的控制权并遭受常规损失的组织也更有可能转向人口贩运。我们的研究为叛乱组织参与犯罪活动提供了理论上的启示。通过研究在冲突和非冲突环境下不同形式的人口贩运，它也为暴力团体性暴力的经验研究做出了贡献。我们的论文提供了反叛组织人口贩运模式的原始数据集和实证分析。